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looking at libya and looking at syria, when should united nations or member states intervene? >> well, these are different situations. in libya, i think we've been right in intervening because gaddafi was a dictator, and you remember that there was a sort of libyan spring, and nobody was possible because of gaddafi. therefore, a decision was taken to intervene. >> rose: is the principle you don't intervene no matter how atroacials the acts of the government in power, if in fact they have a member of the security council who opposes? or if in fact they have an army which will make it a very bloody affair. >> no. >> rose: are those the rules? >> no. the rule is because of veto if one or two people-- nations -- permanent security members-- we cannot contribute because our principle is to intervene only if we have a legal authorization. and up to now, three times, russia and china say no. and, therefore, up to now, we haven't been able to intervene. which is a humanitarian catastrophe. because every day you have more than 200 people killed. and because the security council doesn't
looking at libya and looking at syria, when should united nations or member states intervene? >> well, these are different situations. in libya, i think we've been right in intervening because gaddafi was a dictator, and you remember that there was a sort of libyan spring, and nobody was possible because of gaddafi. therefore, a decision was taken to intervene. >> rose: is the principle you don't intervene no matter how atroacials the acts of the government in power, if in fact they...
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john boehner and the president of the united states, barack obama. what would be the optimal outcome of that debate as you lo at as a man who's dealing with the same kinds of problems? >> i'd say two things. one is we do need a resolution of this problem. i think the most immediate short-term problem facing the world economy-- i stress the word short term" is the u.s. fiscal cliff. i think if that is not resolved that is going to cause considerable problem for the world and indeed for the u.s. economy and it's already had some impact on the u.s. economy because it's delayed investment decisions. i think second it's entirely up to the elected representatives in the congress and the president to decide how they want to go about it. personally speaking, my personal view, i thought the plan that bowles and simpson put together looked pretty balanced. it's actually strikingly similar in many components to the british plan, about the same balanced tax and spending and about the same -- very similar proposals and corporate tax reform. so i think -- i don't
john boehner and the president of the united states, barack obama. what would be the optimal outcome of that debate as you lo at as a man who's dealing with the same kinds of problems? >> i'd say two things. one is we do need a resolution of this problem. i think the most immediate short-term problem facing the world economy-- i stress the word short term" is the u.s. fiscal cliff. i think if that is not resolved that is going to cause considerable problem for the world and indeed...
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. >> the united states should also have learned that no policy that is based on a misunderstanding of the facts or wishful thinking is likely to succeed. and there are a whole series of assumptions built intohis trsition policabout the ability of thefghan national arm about the degradation of the taliban and the ability of afghan political lead yooers to fashion a fair transition of power from karzai who-to-whoever comes after. all of these assumptions look quite shaky and you don't want to ask american men and women to make the ultimate sacrifice if you're not willing to confront the facts head on and think honestly about where they may lead you. >> rose: we conclude wh kay freston, a well-known vegan, her book is called "the lean, a revolutionary and simple plan for lasting weight loss." i want to enjoy my life, celebrate food and have things i grew up loving with my family, with my friends. so for me i think the best thing that has worked-- and i think it's translated to other people-- is that if we set our intention to move toward health sand we lea into it and take steps inhe dir
. >> the united states should also have learned that no policy that is based on a misunderstanding of the facts or wishful thinking is likely to succeed. and there are a whole series of assumptions built intohis trsition policabout the ability of thefghan national arm about the degradation of the taliban and the ability of afghan political lead yooers to fashion a fair transition of power from karzai who-to-whoever comes after. all of these assumptions look quite shaky and you don't want...
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states, united kingdom and ireland. fighting continues in syria and tensions escalate in iran's nuclear program. we also have watched violent attacks on u.s. embassies in arab countries. sau arabia is theeading player inhe regon that is experiencing an uncertain future. i'm pleased to have for instance turki al-faisal back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and a privilege. >> let me talk about syria. what worries you about syria? >> may i take this opportunity first to tell you, charlie, that the kingdom's 80th birthday would take place four days from now? and according to the greg born calendar. according to the other calendar it will be 82 years ol and throughout these0 some years that we have had our kingdom everybody keeps talking about anen certain future for the kingdom. and because of the sagacity of the people of saudi arabia and the good will of the leadership and the government we have survived pretty well so far. we have many problems to face, including syria. many challenges
states, united kingdom and ireland. fighting continues in syria and tensions escalate in iran's nuclear program. we also have watched violent attacks on u.s. embassies in arab countries. sau arabia is theeading player inhe regon that is experiencing an uncertain future. i'm pleased to have for instance turki al-faisal back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and a privilege. >> let me talk about syria. what worries you about syria? >> may i take...
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that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against nations to coerce them into accepting a new era of hegemony. continued threats by the uncivilized zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality. >> woodruff: earlier this week, iran unveiled a new long-range reconnaissance drone and the country's revolutionary guard said it tested new missiles as well. prime minister netanyahu noted that while international sanctions by the u.s. and other countries have hurt the iranian economy, they did not stop its nuclear program. >> there's only one way to peacefully prevent iran from getting atomic bombs. and t
that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against...
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the united states has the latter. so i am very optistic about the united states' position in the world going forward. and i think you do have to think about this in a, you can't think about this in a static way or in a one dimnsional way going forward. >> charlie: iran. where are we because you get the feeling that somethingbeyond threats are going on, become sanctions or clearly van impact. oil sanctions may have a deepening impact, there's covert action that's clearly had an impact. we don't know who is responsible but we have ideas about that. is there a sense that the iranians are feeling that and they really do want to have serious negotiations. >> i can't answer the last of the questions but i can address the lead up to it, if i might. i do believe that the ranians arfeeling a tremendous amount of pressure. when we came into office, there was really, iranian was internally no threat. it was on a rise in the regn anit had divided the international community. a lot of questions about should we give the iranians th
the united states has the latter. so i am very optistic about the united states' position in the world going forward. and i think you do have to think about this in a, you can't think about this in a static way or in a one dimnsional way going forward. >> charlie: iran. where are we because you get the feeling that somethingbeyond threats are going on, become sanctions or clearly van impact. oil sanctions may have a deepening impact, there's covert action that's clearly had an impact. we...
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states and the united states society. i lived when i was a young student between 1978 and '85 in the united states. these were student days and these were good days and my family was with me. i want the relationship between the two peoples of the united states and egypt to reach the highest levels of communication and love and respect. respect, mutual respect. this is a message that i want to be clear, very clear, for the egyptian people and they know that and they love this and for the american people. i hope that this visit is the beginning of a relationship of mutual respect and the relationship of not intervening in the affairs of the other party as well. >> rose: when you were a student at southern cal-- (laughs) -- did you ever imagine in a moment that you might become president of egypt? >> i was busy, very busy at the time studying ad i was very much interested in political affairs and the situation in egypt and i always thought about the egyptian people and how i could benefit my nation and my country and i wante
states and the united states society. i lived when i was a young student between 1978 and '85 in the united states. these were student days and these were good days and my family was with me. i want the relationship between the two peoples of the united states and egypt to reach the highest levels of communication and love and respect. respect, mutual respect. this is a message that i want to be clear, very clear, for the egyptian people and they know that and they love this and for the...
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hillary rodham clinton made the statement that it's imperative for united states that it's national security threat to have the state of open equality for women around the globe. it's exciting to see this. >> younow, there's the 15 winners of the past winners of the nobel peace prize -- of the nobel prize have banded together, it's called the nobel initiative. and they are actively using their platform to actively advocate for whole host of issue that impact women and using their voices. i'm saying beyond the three, i'm delighted that they all won, beyond these three the other women are in fact using their notoriety and organizing together to advocate. women have always been the victims of war, women and children. then they there are to asked to rebuild it. this just formalizes that. >> i'm glad to see that nobel committee is starting to go back to awarding people who are worthy of the nobel peace prize, unlike obama a couple years ago. these women are heroes, they help to bring attention to exactly what irene was talking about, the horrors of what's going on with women in other parts of the
hillary rodham clinton made the statement that it's imperative for united states that it's national security threat to have the state of open equality for women around the globe. it's exciting to see this. >> younow, there's the 15 winners of the past winners of the nobel peace prize -- of the nobel prize have banded together, it's called the nobel initiative. and they are actively using their platform to actively advocate for whole host of issue that impact women and using their voices....
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joseph digenova, the former united states attorney for the district of columbia, says justice department prosecutors routinely withhold evidence that could be helpful to the defense and rarely is anything done about it. >> i'm a former united states attorney. i locked up a lot of people. i believe in the department, i believe in its mission. but the department is in real trouble. this is serious business. >>> these career prosecutors believe that nobody can touch them. nobody. that's a very dangerous thing in a free society and the stevens case proves it in spades. >> reporter: the "stevens case" is the botched prosecution of former alaska senator ted stevens, one of the longest serving and most influential members of congress. the justice department had accused the senator of accepting home improvements from an oil executive and then misleading congress about it. >> few prosecutions cut as close to the relationship of the american people to the government as this one did. if the justice department is going to allow a case involving a sitting senator seeking re-election to go to the jury
joseph digenova, the former united states attorney for the district of columbia, says justice department prosecutors routinely withhold evidence that could be helpful to the defense and rarely is anything done about it. >> i'm a former united states attorney. i locked up a lot of people. i believe in the department, i believe in its mission. but the department is in real trouble. this is serious business. >>> these career prosecutors believe that nobody can touch them. nobody....
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and the united states has supported the forces of change. we have taken these positions because we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. these are not simply american values or western values. they are uniform values. -- universal values. and even though there are huge challenges to come with the transition to democracy, i'm con finsed that-- convinced that ultimately government of the people, by the people and for the people is more likely to bring about the stability, prosperity and individual opportunity that serve as a basis for peace in our world. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> funding for charlie rose has been provided by the coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. an american express. additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg.
and the united states has supported the forces of change. we have taken these positions because we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. these are not simply american values or western values. they are uniform values. -- universal values. and even though there are huge challenges to come with the transition to democracy, i'm con finsed that-- convinced that ultimately government of the people, by the people and for the people is more likely to bring about...
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. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> reporter: during a phone kwacall with the president of libya, obama asked libyan authorities to secure the safety of u.s. embassy staff. they confirmed they will cooperate to identify the assailants and bring them to justice. at the same time the obama administration is apparently trying to show consideration for protesters in the arab world. the president criticized the american made film that angered many muslims. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staffs made a phone call to a christian pastor who expressed his support for the prodtion and asked the pastor to reverse his position. he sparked controversy in recent yearsed by bu by burning the ko. the obama administration is facing the task of condemning the killing of its ambassador while trying to calm sentiments in the middle east. >>> a new u.n. report says the taliban raked in hundreds of millions of dollars last fiscal year
. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> reporter: during a phone kwacall with the president of libya, obama asked libyan authorities to secure the safety of u.s. embassy staff. they confirmed they will cooperate to identify the assailants and bring them to justice. at the same time the obama administration is apparently trying to...
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the impasse is just one of the many strains on relations between russia and the united states. iran is another is the dis trust over nato's defense shield. earlier this month the u.s. agency of the international development to lead russia. i'm pleased to have sergey lavrov back at this table, welcome. >> thank you very much, nice to be back. >> rose: u.s.-russia relations. >> yes, i believe we agree that these relations should be promoted. when president obama came to the whitehouse, he and his team assessed the relationship between moscow and washington and suggested what they call the reset of those relations which we supported. and i believe that since then, we have been having understanding between us, between moscow and russia, that the really mutually beneficial partnership in the interest of the russian and american people in the interest of international relations given the importance of the two countries can be based on equal, mutually respectful, mually beneficial relatiohip. and on that route, we achieved quite a lot. i would be incomplete if i don't mention that the
the impasse is just one of the many strains on relations between russia and the united states. iran is another is the dis trust over nato's defense shield. earlier this month the u.s. agency of the international development to lead russia. i'm pleased to have sergey lavrov back at this table, welcome. >> thank you very much, nice to be back. >> rose: u.s.-russia relations. >> yes, i believe we agree that these relations should be promoted. when president obama came to the...
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it should be the policy of the united states to try to win vladimir putin the nobel peace prize. we should do everything we can to try to help him broker some kind of piticrantion in syria. i think that the administration understands that but often they have let their rhetoric get out of control and they get peeved that but fin is so -- he is not laying by what we think of as his own interests. second, without turning this into another afghanistan and arming the rebels at that level, the united states simply by coordinating the existing flow of money to the bel armso at commanders who are trying to exercise command and control inside the country get the bulk of the money and then can distribute it and the process become, and in the process become more powerful we can change the way things feel on the grouped. in aleppo it is pell-mell, you have people running into the headquarters of the free syrian army pleading for weapons and commanders there who would like to be more disciplined, would like to arm their fighters in the process get their loyalty who can't, because they just ha
it should be the policy of the united states to try to win vladimir putin the nobel peace prize. we should do everything we can to try to help him broker some kind of piticrantion in syria. i think that the administration understands that but often they have let their rhetoric get out of control and they get peeved that but fin is so -- he is not laying by what we think of as his own interests. second, without turning this into another afghanistan and arming the rebels at that level, the united...
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. >> suarez: well, there's a hot debate in the united states and the rest of the world about what happens next. what would you like to see andç what would the people of homs like to see what happens next? what kind of aid from the rest of the world? >> well, what we would like to see is an intervention, an army intervention, a strike ass's regime and a no-fly zone. we don't need aid and humanitarian. people are being killed there. we need support for the free syrian army. this is what we've been asking for for a long time. but what i am 100% sure is no one's going to do anything about this and the assad regime will hit us harder and harder with its air force. what we are asking forç is eitr say you're going to help us or you're not. stop leaving us in the middle dying like this. that's not what our path is. that is not what's going to happen to us. >> suarez:obertalley, you're watching the same situation danny is. is what he's suggesting going to work? >> he's watching it much closer than i have and obviously what we're hearing is very moving. i think he put the question very well. is
. >> suarez: well, there's a hot debate in the united states and the rest of the world about what happens next. what would you like to see andç what would the people of homs like to see what happens next? what kind of aid from the rest of the world? >> well, what we would like to see is an intervention, an army intervention, a strike ass's regime and a no-fly zone. we don't need aid and humanitarian. people are being killed there. we need support for the free syrian army. this is...
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states. >> hinojosa: ...existing in the united states. well, what do we do when we see it? >> i think we see a lot of slaves, but we don't see them. they are hidden in plain sight. i published a book with colleague last year, we called it the slave next door, because it's about the fact that we have slavery in the united states, but people can't see it. what they're doing is just under half, as best we can figure, of the people who are enslaved in the united states are young women enslaved into prostitution, brought here from all countries around the world, but particularly latin america, china, eastern europe, and so forth. >> hinojosa: any particular geographical region? >> there has now been a case, a federal case, in every one of the 50 states. so we finally got one in north dakota, not that i wanted one. but the concentrations are around the edges. so, you know, the eastern seaboard, the western seaboard, across the south, those are the big concentrations. but it tends to be everywhere. after the women enslaved in prostitution, the n
states. >> hinojosa: ...existing in the united states. well, what do we do when we see it? >> i think we see a lot of slaves, but we don't see them. they are hidden in plain sight. i published a book with colleague last year, we called it the slave next door, because it's about the fact that we have slavery in the united states, but people can't see it. what they're doing is just under half, as best we can figure, of the people who are enslaved in the united states are young women...
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. >> ray mabus is here, united states secretary of the navy, he has had a long and varied career as a politician, diplomat and businessman, he served as governor of mississippi from 1988 to 1992, he was also former ambassador to saudi arabia and ceo of a manufacturing company. he played the pivotal role in u.s. defense policy in the obama shifts its focus to the asia pacific region i am pleased to have him here on this program for the first time, welcome. >> thank you, charlie, i am glad to be here. >> rose: we now know that this president has announced clearly the kind of shift to asia. how does that affect the navy and its role and its significance? >> well, this new defense strategy which the president announced in january, and which he was in intimately involved in crafting, and had a all of the joint chiefs, all the service secretary, secretary of defense very involved in this, it is mainly a maritime strategy and focuses on the western pacific and focuses on the arabian gulf region, both of which are maritime, entities, and it places, i think, additional responsibility on the na
. >> ray mabus is here, united states secretary of the navy, he has had a long and varied career as a politician, diplomat and businessman, he served as governor of mississippi from 1988 to 1992, he was also former ambassador to saudi arabia and ceo of a manufacturing company. he played the pivotal role in u.s. defense policy in the obama shifts its focus to the asia pacific region i am pleased to have him here on this program for the first time, welcome. >> thank you, charlie, i am...
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. >> rose: the united states did not participate. >> the united states is participating in a different way. secretary geithner indicated that with the lines that the two central bank, the european central banks and the fed on the other hand have between themselves, the u.s. is actually engaged in helping out the europeans. >> rose: europe provided more than half the funds? >> the whole of europe, yes, you're right. the eurozone came for 200 billion dollars, and then you have countries like all the nordic countries, sweden, very well represented here, denmark, norway, the czech republic, poland, e u., they, i'm sure i'm forgetting some of them. >> rose: japan was important. >> japan was key because you know it's always the same. it's like a dinner. you say to somebody, why don't you come because so-and-so is coming. you're not to sure if they are coming but you turn to so-and-so and you say you knows what, charlie is coming for dinner and they will come. japan was exactly that japan did it first. >> rose: all right. let's go, pull back and look at where we are. the forecast that has com
. >> rose: the united states did not participate. >> the united states is participating in a different way. secretary geithner indicated that with the lines that the two central bank, the european central banks and the fed on the other hand have between themselves, the u.s. is actually engaged in helping out the europeans. >> rose: europe provided more than half the funds? >> the whole of europe, yes, you're right. the eurozone came for 200 billion dollars, and then you...
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nations taking part in this united states-led exercises include japan and britain. iran's government has repeatedly warned that it would close food or shipping routes that run through the strait of hormuz. the threats are in response it tighter international sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program. the fighter aircraft on this vessel can reach most of iran's nuclear facilities. the u.s. navy is not disclosing the ship's precise location. it appears we are close to the iranian coast. my cell phone is able to pick up a signal from iran. one of the key components of the drill is mine-sweeping operations. iran trails the west in military power. but underwater mines would be an affordable and effective way for the country to block the strait of hormuz. the channel is only 34 kilometers wide. u.s. military personnel along with japan's maritime self-defense force and troops from other countries are performing drills to detect and remove mines. >> the president has already said that it's a red line if iran closes the strait. so my mission would be to ensure security and
nations taking part in this united states-led exercises include japan and britain. iran's government has repeatedly warned that it would close food or shipping routes that run through the strait of hormuz. the threats are in response it tighter international sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program. the fighter aircraft on this vessel can reach most of iran's nuclear facilities. the u.s. navy is not disclosing the ship's precise location. it appears we are close to the iranian coast. my cell...
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. >> the united states condemns in the strongest determines this attack. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> obama said the attack will not break the bonds between the countries. the president of libya's national assembly apologized at a news conference in tripoli. mohammad garias acknowledged that film insulted the prophet muhammad. still, he said retaliatory attack cannot be tolerated. the film at the heart of the protests has angered people across the middle east. it depicts the prophet muhammad and includes scenes of sexuality. hundreds of egyptians protested for a second day in front of the u.s. embassy in cairo. authorities have sent in more security forces to watch them. >> translator: i'm deeply hurt, seeing the prophet insulted. the u.s. should give consideration to the sentiment of muslims. >> the protests spread to tunisia, jordan, and morocco. part of the film is now online. many muslims consider any depiction of the prophet muhammad offensive. >>> the wait is over for those queuei
. >> the united states condemns in the strongest determines this attack. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> obama said the attack will not break the bonds between the countries. the president of libya's national assembly apologized at a news conference in tripoli. mohammad garias acknowledged that film insulted the prophet muhammad. still, he said retaliatory attack cannot be tolerated. the film at the heart of the...
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states. >> the title of the book the great wealth of democracy comes from dr. martin luther king, jr.'s letter from birminghamail as well as from his last public address, the mountaintops speech in memphis that he delivered a day before he died. and it evokes a recognition that there have been two narratives or two stories that we americans tell about the meaning of democracy. one-story everybody knows. life, liberty and happiss-- es consed in the declaraon of independence, and the bill of rights and the constitution. but unfortunately the other story, the african-american story is that we know that those ideals have not generally been applied to us as well as other raisized minorities. and so the search is to create a new dialogue to enhance civil society, to find a way to bridge the racial divide. many white americans have to learn our story, our narrative about the meaning of race in american life. >> what do you propose we do? >> i think that part of telling that story is to construct a n
states. >> the title of the book the great wealth of democracy comes from dr. martin luther king, jr.'s letter from birminghamail as well as from his last public address, the mountaintops speech in memphis that he delivered a day before he died. and it evokes a recognition that there have been two narratives or two stories that we americans tell about the meaning of democracy. one-story everybody knows. life, liberty and happiss-- es consed in the declaraon of independence, and the bill...
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you have as just reported in 20 countries protest against the united states. we were just reading reuter news. reporting u.s. sending marines. >> we'll see. my rule is you can never escape the middle east. the middle east will always come back and something will happen there and we will focus our attention. but i still basically agree with ruth, unless things run out of control in part because despite the huffing and puffing there is really not a lot of partisan disagreement about most foreign policy issues. >> speak of the economy, the federal reserve announced yesterday this lightsest move to put money into the economy to try to get it moving, to try to get more hiring and more investing. ruth, wt dow make of this, does it have an effect on the election? what about, i mean what its its overall affect on the economy s it going to work? >> well, if it works and i think that the theory is sound t will work eventually but slowly, so i don't think it will have an effect on the election. we won't probably see the impact of this for six months or so. it reflects tw
you have as just reported in 20 countries protest against the united states. we were just reading reuter news. reporting u.s. sending marines. >> we'll see. my rule is you can never escape the middle east. the middle east will always come back and something will happen there and we will focus our attention. but i still basically agree with ruth, unless things run out of control in part because despite the huffing and puffing there is really not a lot of partisan disagreement about most...
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states and israel may have a different assessment of that. >> charlie, the united states and israel and many many other coutries around the world are united in a clear conviction that it is empathetical for us for iran to gain a nuclear capability and the sanction we've been discussions, the prospect of potential negotiations the mounting pressure and isolation that iran is facing are all designed to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. now i'm not going to get into discussing intelligence matters but we're determined to prevent that from happening. the president has been exceedingly clear on that point. we hope and we're certainly working to try to exhaust all political and economic means of accomplishing that goal but he's been very clear that no options are off the table. i think that's the same point of view that israel has. how they make their own judgments about when they conclude the opportunity for political and economic measures has run its course, nobody can say for sure. >> charlie: did the president say clearly we cannot live with a nuclear-armed iran. we cannot
states and israel may have a different assessment of that. >> charlie, the united states and israel and many many other coutries around the world are united in a clear conviction that it is empathetical for us for iran to gain a nuclear capability and the sanction we've been discussions, the prospect of potential negotiations the mounting pressure and isolation that iran is facing are all designed to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. now i'm not going to get into discussing...
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it's hard to believe a single state. >> rose: as big as the united states. >> in india would be the fifth biggest country in the world. >> rose: and the poverty comes from simply no -- >> it's very agriculturial oriented. and the farming productivity is not very high. and just the density of the people, you're trying to feed 200 million people on a reasonably small piece of land. >> rose: agriculture has become one of your interests. >> i'm trying to learn about it. it's a place where scientific innovation can make a huge difference. if you get rid of plant diseases. if you double productivity. it makes all the difference in the world in terms of children's nutrition. >> you met some women that are raising their children i think in terms of the slums. what did you feel about the empowerment of women. >> well, the key thing we're trying to help with is making sure that women who want reproductive health tool, that they have access to them. and was's fascinating is that if you are in the upper half the wealth, if you want a certain number of children, you have access. you end up getting wha
it's hard to believe a single state. >> rose: as big as the united states. >> in india would be the fifth biggest country in the world. >> rose: and the poverty comes from simply no -- >> it's very agriculturial oriented. and the farming productivity is not very high. and just the density of the people, you're trying to feed 200 million people on a reasonably small piece of land. >> rose: agriculture has become one of your interests. >> i'm trying to learn...
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i mean, this is about egypt versus the united states. it takes on a whole new meaning when you get into this arena. >> and many of them apparently don't have much of an understanding of the role of free speech in this country. >> well, this has been a big international debate. i was actually at a conference a couple years ago with journalists talking about this notion of defamation of religion and should it be criminalized. there's been a movement in the u.n. to actually make it a crime to defame someone's religion and a lot of people don't see insulting someone's religion as free speech and we might say here in the united states, "well, i don't like that, but that's free speech." but in other contexts they see religion as something different and it's not free speech in their minds to do something offensive but you know for us, the question becomes well who makes that determination and what's offensive to me may not be offensive to you. >> and there was, you know, i was really struck watching the video coming out of cairo and the people
i mean, this is about egypt versus the united states. it takes on a whole new meaning when you get into this arena. >> and many of them apparently don't have much of an understanding of the role of free speech in this country. >> well, this has been a big international debate. i was actually at a conference a couple years ago with journalists talking about this notion of defamation of religion and should it be criminalized. there's been a movement in the u.n. to actually make it a...
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testing is an importt one. >> and what's happening is a lot of the lessons that the united states really learned from its global fight in aids in africa are being brought back home. back to anacostia, back to the bronx, back to san francisco and miami. and there are using some of the tactics to really reach the population to educate them, to let them know about the dangers and to make sure that they themselves know if they are hiv positive or not. >> suarez: street health educators funded by the d.c. government, federal and private grants, fan out on the streets of a washington neighborhood. >> do you want to do this free h.i.v. testing? >> yes. >> suarez: knowing your h.i.v. status is now believed to be one of the most powerful weapons in the aids prevention arsenal. it's simple to test, and fast. >> here you go, here's some condoms. we're doing free h.i.v. testing. >> suarez: terrence young is the manager of testing and field operations for the community education group. >> we've seen a constant increase in our annual amount of tests and annual amount of positives diagnosed. we're in t
testing is an importt one. >> and what's happening is a lot of the lessons that the united states really learned from its global fight in aids in africa are being brought back home. back to anacostia, back to the bronx, back to san francisco and miami. and there are using some of the tactics to really reach the population to educate them, to let them know about the dangers and to make sure that they themselves know if they are hiv positive or not. >> suarez: street health educators...
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when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. >> at&t >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: u.s. officials confirmed today a drone strike killed the number two leader of al qaeda. the strike happened yesterday in north waziristan in pakistan, targeting abu yahya al-libi, seen as the most prominent figure in the terrorist network after its leader, ayman al- zawahri. at the white house today, press secretary jay carney would not confirm how al-libi died, but said his death was a major blo
when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. >> at&t >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with...
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and the secretary-general ay be a friend of the united states. and may be the secretary-general not only of the secretary-general for the -- >> friend of russia, friend of china. >> broader interests. >> and the broader interest. >> but are you at the end of the day when you look at america's conduct in the world, do you come down saying well done or do you come down with a strong feeling that we have not exercised our unique role well. >> i think in the past decade, leading up to iraq and the iraq war and some of the things which has happened, you did stray. you did stray in the sense that you, there was a feeling among countries that u.s. was bullying. an elephant that had been angered and lashing out. they were worried about profiling. they were worried about human-rights abuses. and you know to go to human rights council and hear other countries from iran to cuba and others talking about excesses of the u.s. where an u ghraib or sgaun tan mo and all that. so you did lose some grounds there. i think since obama came in, he has pulled down from
and the secretary-general ay be a friend of the united states. and may be the secretary-general not only of the secretary-general for the -- >> friend of russia, friend of china. >> broader interests. >> and the broader interest. >> but are you at the end of the day when you look at america's conduct in the world, do you come down saying well done or do you come down with a strong feeling that we have not exercised our unique role well. >> i think in the past...
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in a sense the united states and our allies is to create an environment in which they say under governmental control, is maybe even under the control of e current guardians but a superstructure of the free syrian army or the new government of syria taking charge of them but they're managed by people that understand weapons and can know the inventory and maintain the security around them. so it's a very difficult game between transition on the one hand, trying to preserve as much of the protective measures as you can. we did that somewhere w some success in libya. not complete by any means. >> brown: going back to where we started with the day at the u.n. and russia plague the rle is playing, russia is ose to syria. can the u.s. ask rushes for help on this chemical weapons issue in is that possible. >> one would hope so. certainly if there was a risk of loss and you wanted to bring an international team of some kind in you want to have the russians as part of it to reinforce the credibility and not to isolate them but try to get them as part of.... >> brown: last word on that? >> as part of a
in a sense the united states and our allies is to create an environment in which they say under governmental control, is maybe even under the control of e current guardians but a superstructure of the free syrian army or the new government of syria taking charge of them but they're managed by people that understand weapons and can know the inventory and maintain the security around them. so it's a very difficult game between transition on the one hand, trying to preserve as much of the...
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states military strengthen they have to rely on the united states of america's decision. well, first of all, no nation does that. but second of all, that's why netanyahu whene was hre kep sang over and ov again israel is a sovereign nation and will act to preserve its status as a sovereign nation. now i don't know where these iranian talks are going to go. they have not succeeded in the past at all and we've seen a letup in their activities but it may be an excellent stalling tactic. i don't know what the israeli decision making will be but put yourself in their position and i think you would be gravely concerned about what their intelligence... >> rose: trying to make clear that they are. many people look at thebam foreign policy and say it's economic policy that is his weakness, not foreign policy. that he's just done fine and obviously they look at important points like the killing of osama bin laden. they look at that and say he was decisive, he took a chance, he made the right call. this is the kind of guy we want in the white house. >> i think it was an incredibly l
states military strengthen they have to rely on the united states of america's decision. well, first of all, no nation does that. but second of all, that's why netanyahu whene was hre kep sang over and ov again israel is a sovereign nation and will act to preserve its status as a sovereign nation. now i don't know where these iranian talks are going to go. they have not succeeded in the past at all and we've seen a letup in their activities but it may be an excellent stalling tactic. i don't...
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>> you know, if you have a cat scan at midnight in the united states, it's a doctor in australia that actually interprets that. a radiologist all around the planet. we just move the x-ray, and he zips it back, and it's daylight for him. i think that immediate is-- it's a service provided by popleut it gets expensive to the extent person lives in manhattan in an apartment. but should the radiologist who reads your x-ray in manhattan, why couldn't he be in india where the cost of living is 5,000 a year than $500,000 a years. >> rose: are you worried about invasion of privacy, hacking, vulnerability to cyberattacks? >> i think there are two aspects of this, one aspect, 80% to 90% of thempa of ts is for e good because people can use mobile phones to protect their privacy to defeat hacking. for example, there is $250 billion of credit card fraud. fiput a credit card on a phone. you can't steal. i can't lose it. you can't use it without my knowledge. and ficall in to order something online they can identify your. you're safe tore have a credit card on a phone than walk into a bank with a pa
>> you know, if you have a cat scan at midnight in the united states, it's a doctor in australia that actually interprets that. a radiologist all around the planet. we just move the x-ray, and he zips it back, and it's daylight for him. i think that immediate is-- it's a service provided by popleut it gets expensive to the extent person lives in manhattan in an apartment. but should the radiologist who reads your x-ray in manhattan, why couldn't he be in india where the cost of living is...
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the gits united states government itself. in the case of egypt there's obviously been a decision that the elected government of egypt is a muslim brotherhood government, it's an islamist government, i derib its as a moderate islamist government and that's who we've got to deal with. there may have been some impatience in this instance because the u.s. government just brought a large delegation of businessmen to egypt and spent several days trying to trump up more investment in egypt and help get the economy off the ground here, show their support for egypt? the way that matters most in the country. and last night we did not hear from president mohammed morsi of th muslim brotherhood. in fact, it wasn't until today that the prime minister spoke out against what had happened at the embassy. and i don't... we still haven't heard from the head of state saying firmly and clear they this is completely inappropriate. >> rose: david, what's the fear on the part in washington? >> well, the fear is that in this still very unstable post
the gits united states government itself. in the case of egypt there's obviously been a decision that the elected government of egypt is a muslim brotherhood government, it's an islamist government, i derib its as a moderate islamist government and that's who we've got to deal with. there may have been some impatience in this instance because the u.s. government just brought a large delegation of businessmen to egypt and spent several days trying to trump up more investment in egypt and help...
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united states and thailand. can't imagine this. >> rose: no. >> so that's why we need to use any opportunity to establish stronger ties between two countries. and i believe that we have a great and exciting time now in russia and i do believe we can put our country on another level because now we have a great discussion inside of the russian elite. what is human rights, wt is values for the future because really we're a very young country. we have more than-- we have a little bit more than 20 years of democracy and we made a great transformation from socialism to capitalism from soviet society to more open society so woe need more time. >> rose: it's very interesting to watch if you do what i do sitting at a table and talking to people like you it's a fascinating process. what is more interesting is if the united states and russia and china and some other important places are on the same page the opportunity to solve the great problems and issues of our time is much easier to do so therefore the demand becomes m
united states and thailand. can't imagine this. >> rose: no. >> so that's why we need to use any opportunity to establish stronger ties between two countries. and i believe that we have a great and exciting time now in russia and i do believe we can put our country on another level because now we have a great discussion inside of the russian elite. what is human rights, wt is values for the future because really we're a very young country. we have more than-- we have a little bit...
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states you would spec we would have a large business outside of the united states. >> rose: is it primarily coca-cola or is it not the company but the drink or is it all kind of water products that seem mohr in demand than ever? >> i think we talk, we just -- >> rose: what makes the people outside of the united states -- >> we look at ourselves as the number one and premiere beverage company in the world and we have -- we offer 3,000 products, 500 more than, 500 brands and choice i think is the key. >> rose: but how is that change something it has to be changing, is the produc mix change something aren't you finding the demand for things you weren't making five years ago? >> yes, and that's why i think choice is great. you have to offer consumers choice. see, what we have -- the way the world has changed is that for the first time in the history of our planet there are these million, 3 billion people, 3 billion people that are communicating with each other every day, that are talking to each other, that are exchanging things with each other and that are trading with each other and then soci
states you would spec we would have a large business outside of the united states. >> rose: is it primarily coca-cola or is it not the company but the drink or is it all kind of water products that seem mohr in demand than ever? >> i think we talk, we just -- >> rose: what makes the people outside of the united states -- >> we look at ourselves as the number one and premiere beverage company in the world and we have -- we offer 3,000 products, 500 more than, 500 brands...
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i mean, if a president -- look, when the president of the united states and the speaker of the house have a conversation, especially with the leader of the senate, if that is what -- >> rose: harry reid and nancy pelosi. >> aren the room that is historic, that is historic we take notes, we prepare for it in advance that is to say what is to the nature of the call, i mean, unless hi, happy anniversary, happy birthday, still that is still recorded that is to say written down as a conversation that took place, so we don't take -- i have complete respect for this president, any president, for the office of the president and i do for the office of speaker as well. i don't understand why he would write about something whose interests are served by that, and who is the source? and why woulde not cal meo say, does this have -- >> rose: i hear you say bob woodward got it wrong, you never did that? >> i don' i don't know what he s talking about, i don't know what he is talking -- again, if you are in a room -- if you called me on the phone and i had ten people around the table what i want you
i mean, if a president -- look, when the president of the united states and the speaker of the house have a conversation, especially with the leader of the senate, if that is what -- >> rose: harry reid and nancy pelosi. >> aren the room that is historic, that is historic we take notes, we prepare for it in advance that is to say what is to the nature of the call, i mean, unless hi, happy anniversary, happy birthday, still that is still recorded that is to say written down as a...
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we believe in building up real countries such as the united states. why would the united states be exclusively a country for the christians? you didn't do that mistake and thanks god you didn't do it. the beauty of u.s.a., australia, some nations, is about encouraging this kind of mosaic. roe: you seem to be wanting to say that what we're fighting for here are principles like a secular state, principles like the diversity and respect for variety of religions and those kinds of things. people in the world don't see it that way. they really do see it. and i'll bet you you hear this everyday at the united nations. they see it as a government that's gone too far in its brutality and putting down protests within their own boundaries. >> chargely, you have right now 65 international t. channels woing around the clock to tarnish the image of syria. to mislead and misinform the international public opinion about what's going on in syria. i'm not saying that we don't have a dramatic situation in syria. i acknowledge this and we need people and governments from
we believe in building up real countries such as the united states. why would the united states be exclusively a country for the christians? you didn't do that mistake and thanks god you didn't do it. the beauty of u.s.a., australia, some nations, is about encouraging this kind of mosaic. roe: you seem to be wanting to say that what we're fighting for here are principles like a secular state, principles like the diversity and respect for variety of religions and those kinds of things. people in...
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they crossed the border into the united states and in desperate search for work. they were lured into the produce fields. and they send what money they can, usually about $100 a month home to support their wives and children. >> and they make $11,000, $12,000 -- >> at best. >> it's brutal work, physically. >> yeah. >> but they're also exposed to all sorts of chemicals and pesticides. and it's very hard to show the effects because as these workers age, you know, they're bent over eight, ten hours a day. so they have tremendous back problems. and by the time they're in their thirties, the crew leaders, they'll actually line up in these big parking lots at about 4:00 in the morning, the busses will come. they just won't pick the older men. and so they become destitute. and they go back home physically broken. and it's hard to tell, you know, how poisoned they've become, because they're hard to trace. but clearly that is a big issue. they talk about rashes respirato, yoknownot ing able to breathe, coughing, it's really, you know, a frightening window into the primacy
they crossed the border into the united states and in desperate search for work. they were lured into the produce fields. and they send what money they can, usually about $100 a month home to support their wives and children. >> and they make $11,000, $12,000 -- >> at best. >> it's brutal work, physically. >> yeah. >> but they're also exposed to all sorts of chemicals and pesticides. and it's very hard to show the effects because as these workers age, you know,...
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states, the westminster foundation of the united kingdom, these countries have, each country have gone through this transition more recently than many countries that are helping us. are all telling us to develop new political parties and you, unfortunately you need at least four orive years so the challenge is how de delo right, let, a center? what i would like to see at the end of the elections at the end of this year, you are going to have a new parliament but not left, right and center, but what i do want is to have a government or a parliament, i'm sorry, a prime minister elected from the people. the best way of doing that is to encourage the parliamentarians those who are not like political parties to come together as political blocks and they decide on the formation of a government. that allows jordan tenoverhe next four-year period of parliamen trigovernment to start th establishment of a new political life of left, right, and center, three, four, five political parties and that will be our major challenge, that will be hard. >> rose: so you have nothing to fare from the muslim
states, the westminster foundation of the united kingdom, these countries have, each country have gone through this transition more recently than many countries that are helping us. are all telling us to develop new political parties and you, unfortunately you need at least four orive years so the challenge is how de delo right, let, a center? what i would like to see at the end of the elections at the end of this year, you are going to have a new parliament but not left, right and center, but...
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would defend the law themselves: >> "i raised my hand to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states and the laws of our country, and if the justice department was not going to defend this act passed by congress, ll, then we will." >> whether the house has the legal right to defend the law in the supreme court is unclear. a similar question arises with prop 8 in california, where the state has also decided not to defend that law, giving the justices an easy out for a narrow decision or to sidestep the issue altogether if they choose. historically, the court moves very slowly on social issues-following the trends, rarely leading them. the court took the lead in 1954, desegregating the nation's schools, igniting the civil rights movement. resistance s massive, however. it wasn't until 1967 that the court got around to addressing interracial marriage in the case of richard and mildred loving, who were convicted of violating virginia's law against interracial marriage, a felony punishable by prison. >> "they sentenced us to one year in the state penitentiary. then they suspended f
would defend the law themselves: >> "i raised my hand to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states and the laws of our country, and if the justice department was not going to defend this act passed by congress, ll, then we will." >> whether the house has the legal right to defend the law in the supreme court is unclear. a similar question arises with prop 8 in california, where the state has also decided not to defend that law, giving the justices an easy out...
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a lot of republican overreaching going on in that state. lot of theacklash and recall on battles over which -- >> we should say that the republican governor scott walker was very popular coming in than played around with the unit unions, took power away from the unions, now everybody is upset about that. and there's a recall. >> there's a recall. >> he also fixed their economic problems. >> right. he did a lot of positive things. i don't know how piz is going to go. she's an appealing person in terms of her personality. i think actually the country has moved so far on the issue of homosexuality, that's not going to be the factor. she may be too liberal. it may be -- who knows what is going to happen in the presidential election. but i don't think it's going to be being gay. >> and people who project effectiveness, the fact that she was there for seven terms and given fairly high marks is a good thing going into this race. it doesn't mean that it will be an easy ride. i think all of the forces that you just described does make for difficult
a lot of republican overreaching going on in that state. lot of theacklash and recall on battles over which -- >> we should say that the republican governor scott walker was very popular coming in than played around with the unit unions, took power away from the unions, now everybody is upset about that. and there's a recall. >> there's a recall. >> he also fixed their economic problems. >> right. he did a lot of positive things. i don't know how piz is going to go....
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we also saw this week, the united states sort of announced at it is redirecting its focus. both in terms of its military focus as well as bringing some austerity to the pentagon, does the world welcome that? do they believe at long last the united states should be preoccupied with asia and with change in asia? >> well, publicly in the middle east, of course, they will say they welcome it, privately a lot of pokes don't. in asia, the america's asian allies have en begging for it, and singapore and japan, of course, and vietnam and indonesia, they have all been saying, look, we wantsome commitnt. >> rose: we e worried about the china being our partner. >> i tell you, sn with a, the chines state media came out a few hours agand said the united states, that this new peagon speech, america was going to be a wl in,ull in a china shop, i can't imagine they meant that intentionally, asia ashe china sp but nonetheless the chinese clearly are feeling very, very insecure and defensive about the fact that the americans are now focusing laser like on asia as the key area for security. >
we also saw this week, the united states sort of announced at it is redirecting its focus. both in terms of its military focus as well as bringing some austerity to the pentagon, does the world welcome that? do they believe at long last the united states should be preoccupied with asia and with change in asia? >> well, publicly in the middle east, of course, they will say they welcome it, privately a lot of pokes don't. in asia, the america's asian allies have en begging for it, and...
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states. >> rose: the israelis came to the united states. >> the israelis came to the united states and bush 43 quite rightly said no that is not in the interes of the unit atesor y totri iran now. and then the same appeal was made to the obama administration with the same basic response. now they did get some bunker busting bombs, but essentially the same response, it is not in the national interests of the united states for you, israel, to now bomb iran. it will venue then the hard-liners, sanctions are finally beginning to show some sign of bite. there is time for us to get this done, and we are in a better position to do it and can get it donehan are you. so please don't do it. and then martin dempsey the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff goes out here just a week or so ago and says if israel does this it is going to mean the loss of american lives in the region. >> rose: so does jim baker believe that you can through all of that, use of embargoes, use of of computer viruses that you can somehow, you can bring the iranians to stop? >> i don't ow whether y can or ot bt what imayi
states. >> rose: the israelis came to the united states. >> the israelis came to the united states and bush 43 quite rightly said no that is not in the interes of the unit atesor y totri iran now. and then the same appeal was made to the obama administration with the same basic response. now they did get some bunker busting bombs, but essentially the same response, it is not in the national interests of the united states for you, israel, to now bomb iran. it will venue then the...
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he also served as an officer in the united states air force. after 26 years at the c.i.a. and national security council, he became president of texas and, a, many university. in 2006, president george w. bush appointed him sex tear of defense succeeding donald rumsfeld. under his watch, gates oversaw iraq's troopurge. president-elect obama asked him to stay in the job. he became the first defense secretary to serve both a republican and democratic president. in the obama administration he played a pivotal role in shaping u.s. policy in afghanistan. he was a key player in the decision to send additional forces into the country. he was at the center of the debate on the raid to kill osama bin laden last may. gates stepped down as defense secretary in june, 2011. here is what president obama said at gates' farewell ceremony. >> what you see is a man that i've come to know and respect. a humble american patriot. a man of common sense and decency. quite simply one of our nation's finest public servants. >> reporter: i talked with bob gates in williamsburg virginia at the colleg
he also served as an officer in the united states air force. after 26 years at the c.i.a. and national security council, he became president of texas and, a, many university. in 2006, president george w. bush appointed him sex tear of defense succeeding donald rumsfeld. under his watch, gates oversaw iraq's troopurge. president-elect obama asked him to stay in the job. he became the first defense secretary to serve both a republican and democratic president. in the obama administration he...
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. >> the united states marine corps is doing it. google, proctor and gamble, geral mills, targe phil jackson the great basketball coach used this technique with the chicago bulls. >> one reason meditation is becoming more mainstream is because of reliable and consistent research by people like jon kabat-zinn that show that it works. >> even short periods of training and mindfulness can actually change the thickness and the size of certain aspects of the brain that are important for dealing with stress, for working memory, for keeping things in mind that you need to know in order to solve problems. >> congressman ryan thinks mindful meditation would improve the low level of civility on capitol hill. >> you'll be more aware of what you say and what you don't say. and that's the whole thing with the practice is that you begin to respond to things as opposed to react to things. if we responded to problems as opposed to reacting to problems, it would shift the direction of the country. >> in all asian language it's said that the word for
. >> the united states marine corps is doing it. google, proctor and gamble, geral mills, targe phil jackson the great basketball coach used this technique with the chicago bulls. >> one reason meditation is becoming more mainstream is because of reliable and consistent research by people like jon kabat-zinn that show that it works. >> even short periods of training and mindfulness can actually change the thickness and the size of certain aspects of the brain that are...
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demographics favor the united states? >> yes, they do, very definitely, relative to the rest of the developed world. >> rose: explai me that case. clearly, with contrast to japan. >> yeah. >> rose: and, clearly, with contrast to russia. and europe. >> also to large parts of westn europe as well. >> rose: so those big three, western europe, russia-- although russia is a bric country, too. >> yeah. so the u.s. is in a very good position. this is where the product servicing thinis so important because over the long term having more people means your potential labor force is bigger. that's how you get more growth. people get jobs. they getncome. they spend, creates jobs for others, they're all productive and that's how life goes forward. in some ways it's relatively straightforward stuff. >> rose: that works -- it seems to me-- president clinton makes th argument all the time the american demographic picture will in fact help it in terms of its-- not losing its competitive edge. >> definitely. i think it's a huge advantage re
demographics favor the united states? >> yes, they do, very definitely, relative to the rest of the developed world. >> rose: explai me that case. clearly, with contrast to japan. >> yeah. >> rose: and, clearly, with contrast to russia. and europe. >> also to large parts of westn europe as well. >> rose: so those big three, western europe, russia-- although russia is a bric country, too. >> yeah. so the u.s. is in a very good position. this is where the...
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was the west, france, britain, the united states, righto do what they did which hasteened, come down on the side of the opposition to the government, supplying them with air power, not so much truce and leading to the overthrow of a man like ddafi? was that the wrong policy? >> did it violate principleses that you believe in. >> i had my-- i have grave doubts about the policy. and for the following reasons. qaddafi was bizarre, engaged in a number of acts that were unforgivable. but he at in stage of his evolution had maintained tolerable relations with the west. i am worried about his situation in which there is no central government left in libya. and in which you have large oil-- and which the west will be put into the position of nation building in society that hast been a nation. again, it's one of those things that once the process started, it had to be brought to a conclusion. and once we have made the initial decision to go as far as wead, i think it was correct to encourage going the rest of the way. but i do not believe we will celebrate the outcome of the libyan revolution
was the west, france, britain, the united states, righto do what they did which hasteened, come down on the side of the opposition to the government, supplying them with air power, not so much truce and leading to the overthrow of a man like ddafi? was that the wrong policy? >> did it violate principleses that you believe in. >> i had my-- i have grave doubts about the policy. and for the following reasons. qaddafi was bizarre, engaged in a number of acts that were unforgivable. but...
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. >> rose: china's the world's second-largest economy after the united states. you knew that. it's been a remarkable transformation of a country that began market reforms only three decades ago. it's noween as a global superpower. china faces many challenges, including growing labor unrest, income inequality and developing a less export dependent economy. we have brought different voices from business and politics and media to come to this table to talk aboutchina. david barboza joins me now. he is one of them. he is the shanghai correspondent for the "new york times." he just co-authored a long feature on the poor working conditions a apple's chinese suppliers. i am pleased to have him here on this program for the first time. welcome. >> >> tha you. >> rose: how long have you been reporting from china? >> just over seven years. >> rose: a you came there from... >> the ccago bureau. >> rose: was it something you want to do because you knew is was a story? >> well, it was a little accident. i was the chicago business correspondent but i ended up spending a yearin houston, texas
. >> rose: china's the world's second-largest economy after the united states. you knew that. it's been a remarkable transformation of a country that began market reforms only three decades ago. it's noween as a global superpower. china faces many challenges, including growing labor unrest, income inequality and developing a less export dependent economy. we have brought different voices from business and politics and media to come to this table to talk aboutchina. david barboza joins me...
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the united states, i think, will in my view going to recover faster. >> than europe. >> than eure and part of it is going to be the innovativeness. >> uh-huh. >> that's embedded in the united states and the sense of entrepreneurship. asia on the other hand is just the opposite. asia is in fact a part of the world that still is growing, opportunities are there and the same holds true for africa. and to some extent certain parts of latin america. so you have got a shift of industrial activity, economic growth, moving to the so-called south south areas. and the western world which has shunned dirty industries, moved them over to less developed countries, starting to grapple with increasing protectionism or the sounds of protectionism. and the asian, asian countries may be finding more trade between themselves then they did before. >> speaking of that, what is the relationship with china today, between the indian government and the chinese government. >> it's not adversarial but it's not the best. >> what's the conflict? >> i don't know that there is a-- that there is a real conflict. in
the united states, i think, will in my view going to recover faster. >> than europe. >> than eure and part of it is going to be the innovativeness. >> uh-huh. >> that's embedded in the united states and the sense of entrepreneurship. asia on the other hand is just the opposite. asia is in fact a part of the world that still is growing, opportunities are there and the same holds true for africa. and to some extent certain parts of latin america. so you have got a shift of...